Hacking the Novel: A Journey From Tech Support to Published Author with Ryan Rutan, Senior Director of Community at Synack
Ryan Rutan has worked in tech support, as a computer repairman, application developer, software engineer, entrepreneur, and head of community…and most recently, fiction writer. Listen to this episode to hear what inspired Fork This Life, a novel that follows the life of a teenager growing up with the early internet of the 90s who eventually gets into hacking, and how it relates to today’s cybersecurity challenges.
Episode 4 of the WE'RE IN! podcast, hosted by Jeremiah Roe, Bella DeShantz-Cook, Ryan Rutan, titled "Hacking the Novel: A Journey From Tech Support to Published Author with Ryan Rutan, Senior Director of Community at Synack" was published on August 25, 2021 and runs 24 minutes.
August 25, 2021 ·24m · WE'RE IN!
Summary
Ryan Rutan has worked in tech support, as a computer repairman, application developer, software engineer, entrepreneur, and head of community…and most recently, fiction writer. Listen to this episode to hear what inspired Fork This Life, a novel that follows the life of a teenager growing up with the early internet of the 90s who eventually gets into hacking, and how it relates to today’s cybersecurity challenges.
Episode Description
Ryan Rutan has worked in tech support, as a computer repairman, application developer, software engineer, entrepreneur, and head of community…and most recently, fiction writer. Listen to this episode to hear what inspired Fork This Life, a novel that follows the life of a teenager growing up with the early internet of the 90s who eventually gets into hacking, and how it relates to today’s cybersecurity challenges.
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Why You Should Listen:
Hear about Ryan’s approach to hacking the fiction writing process.
* Get the inside story of how working in tech support informed Ryan’s career in cybersecurity.
* Nerd out on nostalgia about the nineties tech scene.
* Pick up tips for developing your creative voice.
* Get tips for how you can help spread a culture of good security hygiene.
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Key Quotes:
* “I’m a technical person, therefore I create.”
* “I need a computer but why? I want to get online, but why? Everyone knew they needed it and wanted it but they didn’t know why.”
* “The people who know and understand what it means to keep things secure... It’s incumbent upon them to pay if forward as much as possible.”
* “Security back in the 90s.. your death was going to come from a swift sledgehammer to the head...now it’s death by a thousand cuts from a million different websites.”
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Related Links:
* https://www.synack.com/lp/enterprise-security-testing-101/
* https://twitter.com/ryanrutan
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